Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-05-21
and Crinkies,
Dress Goods,
Towels, Ginghan1s
and Domestic,
The Agricultural, Fairy snd stock
Interests of NoxQG9e.
Two Classe6 Of Farmers.

Eos. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN-We
hear much about farming as a busi-
ness, one class urging most emphati-
cally that that ii does pay, while anoth-
or class say il does not. Which is
right? Wherein lies this difference OF
opinion? 1t must certainly be in their
method of doing business, | recently
attended the Otsego County Dairy
mems Association, Ii was made up of
the best class of farmers in The coun-
Is. men who lubricate their muscles
with brains a%nd,sprcad them on freely
They came there and read essays that
would do credit to men ofcollegeN cdu-
cation. Vet they were a disconnected
lot of farmers. 1t is the disconnected
people Of the world who make things
move. \ man that is perfectly con-
tented with his lot never amounts TO
much he is like the retired merchant
his capital is locked up in self-snp-
port and he adds nothing 10 the
world. These farmers told of success
c. achieved in the past year and their
brains were active for the future, ana
next winter when they meet again we
shall hear of good results from them.
The lawyer and doctor would drop i'll
and take part occasionally, but when
it came to arguments, they usually got
the worst OF it, These farmers did
not complain Of hard times or say
farming was Il failure They were
looking ahead and planning, hopeful
", Tor next season, and they declared
that well directed labor on the farm
did pay, and it does, There were no
moon men there, no mel who put Oft
till tomorrow what should be done
now.
Let us look al the other side of the
question There are many farmers
homes throughout the country where
YOU may find an almanac aud a fash.
ion book or two on the table, but the
agricultural journal, the guiding star
in their business, is entirely wanting {:
father and grandfather never took
such papers. and we don't need any,"
/ This following in "gr0ndtathcr's' foot.
steps is the reason farming don't pay.
\ new era has dawncd in the ngricnl.
tural world, new methods and more
intelligent men are needed, You ask
this man how his crops were last year,
and he will tell YOU that he was away,
and the boys planted the "tntcr' when
the moon was wrong, and they failed.
When you question him about his
methods of icrtilizin9 and illagc, you
soon find out where the trouble was.
lie will tell YOU that lie was converted
when the moon was wrong and he
backslid that he reformed again when
The moon was right, and has stuck
fast cvcr since. The last statement is
lust nv reasonable as the first. This
man is contcntcd with his lot and he
never will be any different. He does
not try to advance, clinging to old no.
tions and whims that have been hand
ed down to lin Il generation farm
ing don't pay" with him, but he
doesn't care he GETS a living, simply
exists, and is satisfied.
BROTHER farmer. YOU can so unite
vour braiu ana muscle as 10 win the
the respect of your friends and neigh.
hors-lhcy will look to YOU rs a mod.
81 in their bu-ine,s-you will be doing
much good BY your methods, una-
wares. Or YOU can take the other
course and become the laughing stock
of the community. Discomfort, unit
ed with brains and work, will push you
to the top; an empty head, combined
with old WhimS and slIitlcssnes. will
always keep Won at the foot OF the lad
dc:. Choose,
4. G., jerks.